HMS Druid

The backbone of the ship

Keel: the scarphs are on the vertical plane, so they won't be seen.

Stempost and apron: ok, including the rabbet (laminated); the boxing has still to be sanded a little.

Sternpost and inner post: on the plans there is just the silhouette; on top of that  if you cut the assembly in one piece, the transoms will have to be in two pieces; to make them as they were I have cut a sternpost and its innerpost, wich keeps in place the four transoms, and a sternson. By the way I liked the transoms a little more "light", so I reshaped them with the proportions I remembered : width 1 inch per foot of lenght; depth: five twelfths of the width., which in metrics should be about mm 9 and 4mm.
Between the inner and the sternpost there is a short rabbet. The rising wood has been modified accordingly, and the filling chocks will be hopefully prepared when the fashion pieces will be in position. Fun as it was, I hope I didn't mess it up making all those modifications. Here are the pieces "assembled" just for the photo.

In the meantime naturally I go on cutting and milling the wood for the frames. It will be a long story. I have seen on Internet a little machine which in Italy is only available as an expensive professional tool: a bobbin spindle sander. hmmmmm...